The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Irvine Vaqueros (Irvine, CA) and the visiting Northwood Timberwolves (Irvine, CA), observed Irvine's basketball team overcome Northwood by a margin of 51-38.

The Vaqueros (11-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Laguna Beach (Laguna Beach, CA). The Breakers come into the Pacific Hills challenge with a 14-8 record. In their last challenge, Laguna Beach defeated University (Irvine, CA), 48-30, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Timberwolves battle the Woodbridge Warriors (Irvine, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 13. Northwood will attempt to better on its 4-15 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 3-17 record after their 44-40 non-league loss to Oxford Academy (Cypress, CA).